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Breaking Bad's new season looks awesome. Unfortunately, it doesn't start until July 17. Weeds kicks off its new season on June 27, with Nancy in a halfway house completing her sentence. The show moves to New York. Among the recurring guest roles will be Martin Short, who was so great on Damages as Bernie Madoff's son last year. For Weeds, he plays an attorney.

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I'll be in court today, here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is back on the witness stand in his Chicago trial. This morning, a juror was excused.

Paul Krugman writes:

In pointing out that we could be doing much more about unemployment, I recognize, of course, the political obstacles to actually pursuing any of the policies that might work. In the United States, in particular, any effort to tackle unemployment will run into a stone wall of Republican opposition. Yet that’s not a reason to stop talking about the issue. In fact, looking back at my own writings over the past year or so, it’s clear that I too have sinned: political realism is all very well, but I have said far too little about what we really should be doing to deal with our most important problem.

Political reality once dictated that high unemployment would sweep pols out of office - has that changed? Perhaps 2012 will signal a Brave New World where high unemployment is no longer political poison. I hope not.

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Hope your weekend is going well.

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Happy Memorial Day Weekend.

Remember today's match of the decade, Barca- ManU from Wembley. Go Blaugrana!

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Busy right now. Hopefully posting later.

Remember, Barca-ManU tomorrow.

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I've been really busy at work and I'm not sure when it will break. I know there's a lot of news, from the Patriot Act renewal to the latest in the Chicago terror trial.

Colorado Senator Mark Udall says he will vote against the Patriot Act extension unless critical changes are made.

There's also the DWTS finale, the final performances on American Idol and The Voice. Go Lauren.

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Busy day.

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Who will win Celebrity Apprentice, Marlee Matlin or John Rich? I'm looking forward to finding out. What I could do without: More of Neme, the desperate housewife from some city or another.

The Tyler Hamilton interview about Lance Armstrong is on "60 Minutes." I thought they did this Thursday. Here's Facts For Lance.

The New York Times takes a well-deserved swipe at Nancy Grace and her brand of TV injustice and rush to guilt.

Ms. Grace, a former prosecutor in Atlanta who was reprimanded for stepping over a line more than once, obliterates lines every night on “Nancy Grace.” Working with a contingent of experts who have all the independence of a crew of trained seals, Ms. Grace races toward judgment, heedlessly ignoring nuance and evidence on her way to finding guilt.

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There's an attack on a Pakistani naval base in Karachi. Several have been killed and there may be hostages. This is the Navy base.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik says "This is an attack on Pakistan. Al- Qaeda and Taliban are enemies of Pakistan and are trying to destroy our assets.”

The assets destroyed include two expensive P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft we provided Pakistan.